European Parliament team to visit Bangladesh Sept 16-18 to assess human rights

A delegation
of European Parliament members will be visiting Bangladesh from September 16 to
18 to assess the reforms and human rights.
The five-member delegation
include Mounir Satouri (Greens/EFA, FR), Human Rights Subcommittee Chair;
Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP, Luxembourg); Arkadiusz Mularczyk (ECR, PL); Urmas
Paet (Renew Europe, Estonia) and Catarina Vieira (The Greens/EFA, The Netherlands),
according to a statement of the EU mission in Dhaka.
The
delegation members will meet with the representatives of the interim government
and civil society to discuss the human rights dimension of EU-Bangladesh
relations and will visit the Rohingya refugee camps.
They will also hold meetings
with the representatives of non-governmental organisations, labour
representatives and representatives of multilateral organisations operating on
the ground.
Since the violent crackdown
on the mass protest movement of 2024 and the subsequent downfall of former
prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh is undergoing a period of political
transition under an interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad
Yunus.
The interim authorities
launched a reform process including the country's electoral system, judiciary
and other key institutions. EU and Bangladesh have furthermore resumed
negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), said the
statement issued today.
The delegation, against this
backdrop, will aim at learning more about the work of the interim government in
promoting good governance and advancing human rights, including international
labour standards, and to discuss the EU-Bangladesh partnership in these areas.
















